Saddle-girth



(No Model.) Q WILLIAMS,

SADDLE GIRTH.

Patented Oct. 24, 1882.

INVENTOR i ATTORNEYS.

ATENT GFFICE.

CALVIN WILLIAMS, OF BIG VALLEY, TEXAS.

SADDLE-GIRTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,571, dated October 24, 1882.

Application tiled June 27, 1882.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN WILLiAMs, of Big Valley, in the county of Lampasas and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saddle-Girths, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in saddle-girths; and it consists in thepeculiar construction and arrangementof parts, as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, Jforming part ot this specification, in which similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a top View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line a; a0 ot' Fig. 2.

A represents the central ring, to which are attached the inner ends of four straps,B B2 B3 the pad G, with the ring A b'etweenthe rows of stitches, and the parts are thus held iirmly together, and the ends of the strips terminate at the periphery of the pad in the angles between the radial straps. At the front portion The outer ends of the straps B B2 are pro- Avided with rings b b2, and the outer ends of (No model.)

ot the ring, between the straps B2 B3, is a loop, E, for the attachment of a martingale when desired.

My invention is applied to a saddle by connecting the rings b b2 to straps leading from the front and rear portions ot' the saddle on one side, and the buckles b3 b4 are then ready for engagement with straps leading from the front and rear portions otl the saddle on the other side.

The advantage of my invention is that as the pad rests on the horses belly at the usual pointoccupied by the ordinary girth, and the fastening-straps radiate therefrom and connect with four different points near the front and rear of the saddle, the four straps embrace the rotundity of the horses belly, and thus prevent the saddle from slipping.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the central ring, A, and pad B, of the strips D'D and the radiating straps B B2 B3 B4, as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the central ring, A, and pad C, of the loop E and the radiating straps B B2 B3 B4, as shown and described, t'or the purpose specified.

CALVIN WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

- M. J. DOYLE,

J. G. DisMUKEs. 

